The Islamists and Western Blinkers
Vol. L No. 15
Date: July 8, 2012
Foundation Of Muslim Culture No To Mocking, Taunting And Nicknames
On coming closer to ayat 11 of Surah Al-Hujuraat we find that the ayat contains three ahkam in form of don’ts. It prohibits mocking and ridiculing one another. In the preceding two ayats that we had referred to…
The Atom’s Astonishing Detail
Each atom consists of protons and neutrons bonded together in the nucleus, around which electrons revolve rapidly. Since the neutron carries no electrical charge and the proton has a positive…
Jih Expresses Shock Over Police Inaction
In a letter to Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, Secretary (National and Community Affairs) of Jamaat-e Islami Hind, Mohammad Ahmad, expressed shock over the inability or unwillingness of the…
Jih On-the-spot Study Of Pratapgarh Riots, Asthan Muslims Know The
On June 24, when the news of riots in Asthan village in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh broke out, the Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Uttar Pradesh (East) Maulana Waliullah Saeedi Falahi…
Pratapgarh Riots Jih Demands Strong Action Against Guilty Officers
The Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Uttar Pradesh (East), Maulana Waliullah Saeedi Falahi expressed his anger and disgust over the cruel and inhumane treatment meted out to the Muslims of Asthan village…
Re-construction Of Character Remedy For Moral Crisis: Maulana Rafiq Qasmi
Speaking from the chair, the chief guest Maulana Muhammad Rafiq Qasmi, Secretary Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, directed the attention of the audience towards the fact that the moral depravation is not confined…
Add Punishment Aspect Also
It gives me immense pleasure in applauding Radiance Viewsweekly for bringing out a wonderful article on Haya (Modesty) by Syed Akbar Hassan (Radiance, 3-9 June 2012).
Act Akhilesh, Act
The first few months of the young Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Akhilesh Yadav, in office have witnessed two communal riots – one in Kosi Kalan and the other…
Arrest Teacher For Undressing Girl-student
It refers to the shocking news that a teacher in a school of Kolkata forced a girl to remove her skirt for minor guilt of not coming in proper uniform.…
Let Sc Take Cognisance Of Tiss Report
The recent report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) that the number of Muslims incarcerated in jails is nearly three times to their population, and that over a…
Cair Gets Event With Assad Regime Figure Cancelled
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced tonight that a Washington, D.C. event featuring Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, who has been a source of threats against America’s national security…
Annan Urges World To Unite On Syria Peace Plan
UN mediator Kofi Annan on June 30 warned that the conflict in Syria would enflame the Middle East and beyond unless world powers agreed on a peace plan but the…
Gen. Ahmed Shafiq Leaves Egypt
A Cairo airport official says Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister who was defeated by an Islamist in the race for Egypt’s new president has left the country for the United…
Mohamed Morsi Sworn In As Egypt President
Mohamed Morsi took the oath of office on June 30 to become Egypt’s first Islamist president and its first elected head of state since Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow last year. The…
Survival Of Urdu Seems Tough In Rampur
After Delhi and Lucknow, Rampur is said to be the third school of Urdu, however, with the diminishing enthusiasm of Urdu experts in the region, it seems that Urdu is…
Aimmm Delegation Meets Gehlot, Discusses Solutions To Muslims’ Problems
A delegation of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat met with the chief minister Ashok Gehlot in Jodhpur Bhawan to discuss the issues related to Muslims and their solutions. Chairman of Delhi…
Non-muslim Illegally Occupying Mosque In Rithala
Rithala, a village in the north-west of Rohini was a Muslim-dominated area pre-1947 and has an old mosque. However from the past 10 years a non-Muslim, Chandra Bhan, has illegally…
Waqf Lands Case: Board And Administration Face To Face
On Meerut road exists a waqf property sprawling over 22 acres of land, currently inhabited by the district magistrate, whose rent is a mere Rs 240 a month and that…
Gujarat Still Simmers, Muslims Unsafe, Authorities Indifferent
The NationalHuman Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Gujarat government seeking reply on the alleged police atrocities towards Muslims even after the 2002 riots. The commission has sought…
Prophet’s Photograph In Textbook Irks Muslims
A locally-published kindergarten book used across private schools in Manipur shows the Prophet with flowing beard and turban and holding a book-like object. He features on page 51 with five…
Explain Death Of Qateel: Delhi Court To Pune Ats
Two weeks after Mohd Qateel Siddiqui was killed in a Pune jail, a Delhi court seeks explanation from Maharashtra police as to why he was not produced before it after…
Civilians Killed And Labelled As Militants, Justice Comes 12 Years
The army has agreed to court-martial five soldiers, including a brigadier, accused of killing five civilians in Pathribal village of Kashmir 12 years ago and passing them off as militants.…
Journalism Vs Jingoism
The release of Indian national Surjeet Singh by Pakistan is considered a forward move in normalising the extinct relation between the two neighbours. The development has been welcomed across the…
Ideological Empowerment Of Muslims A Must To Ensure Socioeconomic Empowerment
Dr Javed Jamil, the author of “Muslim Vision of India: Destination & Roadmap” called for a Comprehensive approach by Muslims for their all round development. He said that Muslims need…
Islamophobia On Trial
Scourges come in many forms. If wars, epidemics and famines take a heavy toll on human lives, the contagious social evils like racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia eat into the values…
Management Of Children
Yesterday I was reading on ‘NDTV24x7’ world a news item, as reported by PTI from London, entitled “PAK KIDS TAUGHT ‘A’ for Allah, ‘B’ for ‘bandook’.” Further it reads: ‘Citing…
Deeds Do Return
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “A person who calls people towards doing good…
Glory Be To Allah
Had there been any gods in the heavens and the earth beside Allah, the order of both the heavens and the earth would have gone to ruin. Glory be to…
Naroda Patiya Decade Long Wait For Justice
The 97 victims of the worst massacre of Gujarat riots 2002 will get the verdict on August 29 as the judge has postponed the announcement of his judgement by two…
Now To The Turn Of W-asia And North Africa
The iconic Tahrir Square burst into cheers on June 24 to celebrate the epoch-making victory of the first Islamic head of State of Egypt. It was an event to be…
Morsi, National Accord Front Vow To Keep Revolution Peaceful
As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians marched in protest rallies in Tahrir Square to protect the legitimacy of the peaceful Egyptian revolution, Dr. Mohamed Morsi and prominent political, revolutionary and…
Jih Congratulates Ikhwan On Success In Egypt Presidential Election
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has termed the success of Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan al-Muslimoon) candidate Mohamed Morsi in the presidential election in Egypt as the expression of Ultimate Power of Allah the Exalted…
Gen. Ahmed Shafiq Leaves Country
A Cairo airport official says Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister who was defeated by an Islamist in the race for Egypt’s new president has left the country for the United…
Morsi Speech Great Initiative For National Reconciliation: Writers, Judges, Diplomats
Egyptian media outlets, news websites and newspapers have published a quick analysis of the new president Dr. Mohamed Morsi’s first speech, which he gave from state TV Maspero building on…
The Islamists And Western Blinkers
It’s critical for both the Islamists, gaining increasing ascendancy across the region, and the West to work together to bridge their communication gulf, observes AIJAZ ZAKA SYED
Morsi Win Egypt’s First Democratic Experience: Head Of Evangelical Church
Dr. Safwat Al-Bayadi, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, said that the success of Dr. Morsi is the first experience of democracy in Egypt’s history, pointing out that the…
Mohamed Morsi First Civilian President Of Egypt
The moment was euphoric. All those present at the Tahrir Square for complete freedom and justice chanted ‘Allah-u-Akbar’. They bowed down to prayers, thanking Almighty for this great gift.
